A Day of Mercy and A Day of Joyful Celebration

With the Joy of Easter in our hearts, we celebrated three important occasions in our community. First, the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, which is designated on May 1. This date also happened to be the second Sunday of Easter, which is the feast of Divine Mercy (this particular feast takes precedence of any other feast as required in our liturgical celebrations). And on that same Sunday, was the beatification of the late Pope John Paul II in Rome.

Before, the celebration on May 1, 2011, we were permitted to have a Triduum Mass in honor of our patron saint St. Joseph the Worker. We thank Fr. Clifford, Fr. Pheng Reyes, MJ and Fr. Freddie Dulay, MJ who presided over our Triduum Mass.

And on May 1, 2011, we used the liturgical readings of the feast of Divine Mercy, but before the Holy Mass, we recited the prayer to St. Joseph the Worker followed by the releasing of petitions balloons. We also asked the intercession of Blessed Pope John Paul II.

We thank Fr. Alfredo “Jhun” Meneses, Jr., who presided over the Holy Mass at 7:30 a.m. He is also the new parish priest of San Antonio de Padua Parish, in which our community belongs.

Hon. Mayor Danilo “Nilo” Leyble and his wife Atty. Carmencita “Mechie” Leyble also joined us in our celebration. We thank Mayor Nilo Leyble for gracing our festivities and for becoming a partner builder of St. Joseph the Worker Church.

Truly, May 1, 2011 became a Day of Mercy and A Day of Joyful Celebration for all of us.